i think we should’ve gotten a full season of arthur knowing merlin has magic and having to process that. the drama potential for that is immeasurable. in my head arthur tells merlin to go, i’ll spare you but you need to go in a moment of anger and merlin does (he doesn’t fully leave, he’s still secretly around ofc). it’s all very sad. it takes arthur 1 episode to regret it. HOWEVER the funniest part of this scenario to me is gwaine finding out
like arthur comes back from the war, gwen is hugging him it’s a beautiful moment of love and relief and gwaine rolls up like where’s my boy merlin 🙂 arthur. hey arthur👋👋. where the fuck is my boy merlin.
arthur is processing the biggest shock of his life and leon is holding gwaine back while gwaine is just going where the FUCK in my boy merlin
(merlin is literally in the walls like 🧍🏻
OR he has turned into a bird to check on everyone and gaius is side-eyeing him the whole time)


















